After having AAA's Takahiro Nishijima star in last year's "Ai no Mukidashi," director Sion Sono has once again cast a popular music artist as the lead in a movie. Sono's next film is tentatively titled "Chichi to Ko no Kizuna," and it will feature EXILE's AKIRA in his first starring role on the big screen.

The film portrays the bond between an ordinary salaryman (AKIRA) and his father who is dying of cancer. AKIRA's previous acting experience includes minor roles in the TV series "Around 40" and the movie "Hana Yori Dango Final."